Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I have a question on the integrated single electricity market, ISEM. As I recall, there was a commitment last October to deliver overall savings of €200 million to customers. That does not appear to have happened. What we have had since have been further cost increases. In the context of Brexit, the real fear is that with interruption in gas supply in particular, the cost to householders and businesses is very high. The Minister will appreciate that in the context of increasing insurance costs and other costs that small businesses are facing, this is presenting real challenges.
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